Robert A. Starr (born December 17, 1942) is an American politician from Vermont who currently serves as a Democratic member of the

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. He has represented the Essex-Orleans senate district since 2004. He had previously spent a quarter-century in the

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Biography

Robert Starr was born in

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, on December 17, 1942. He has lived in

Troy, Vermont Troy is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census. Troy contains two villages: the unincorporated village of Troy, and the incorporated village of North Troy. Government Town * Moderator � ...

since moving there in 1944. He received an

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in agriculture from Vermont Technical College. Starr is married to his wife Anita Cadieux. The couple has one son. He is a professional truck driver. Starr is president of his own transportation company. He is director of the Vermont Truck and Bus Association.

Public life

Congress

Starr was elected to the

in 1978 and served there until 2004. From 1985 to 2000, he chaired the House Agriculture Committee. He was elected to the Vermont Senate in 2004 and was re-elected two years later.

Other government service

* Troy school board *Orleans-Essex North Supervisory Union, school board *Troy

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*Troy planning commission *Troy board of civil authority *Troy

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North Country Union High School North Country Union High School (NCUHS, North Country, or NCU) is a secondary school located in Newport, Vermont, United States. It is operated by the North Country Supervisory Union school district. The school serves students from Newport C ...

moderator *Trustee,

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Goodyear Highway Hero award

On September 14, 2005, there was an incident near Trois-Rivières, Quebec involving Starr. While driving in a truck, the pavement collapsed and Starr's vehicle as well as another passenger car driven by a woman went off the road. The woman's car caught fire and she was trapped in it. Starr was able to rescue the driver. For this effort he was later awarded the

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award.

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External links

Vermont Senate Biographies
Democratic Party members of the Vermont House of Representatives Democratic Party Vermont state senators Essex County, Vermont 1942 births Living people People from Troy, Vermont 21st-century American politicians {{Vermont-politician-stub